Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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- Proverbs 12:6 The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
- James 3:5–6 So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire! And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
- Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.